We see advertisements everyday. We open different websites everyday, but have you ever wondered who is designing all of this? Well this is all done by a graphic designer and I’m currently studying to become one.
Why did I choose graphic design?
I came to the graphic and web design program not knowing what I really wanted to do in life but I know very well that I’m really good at drawing and that I’ve always loved taking pictures. One thing for sure I knew is that I didn’t want to become just an artist or an art teacher. I didn’t know much about computers, especially Apple but I was never against learning more about them. However, I only thought of graphic design when I was in sec. 5.
What I learned about graphic design
I’m sure most of you, when you see any kind of advertisement, you would think it’s easy to design them. Just write something, add a nice image and put whatever color you would think would look nice.
After I started studying graphic design I understood that graphic design is more than just text, an image and color you like. They don’t just choose a color because they like it or it looks nice. It has to mean something, represent something. Same thing with typography. Each typeface, each font evokes some kind of emotion, personality.
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Graphic designers design all kinds of things. They design branding and identity stuff like logos, business cards, posters…They also do websites (the creative part), mobile app, social media graphics like post, stories. Creating digital ads is also part of their job. Their job is to advertise everything and to transfer the same message to everyone. That’s why it can take days or weeks to design the final version.
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